Visual Cues

Visual Cues Transcript
Interviewee: When we come in, I'll do a little story and then we'll have lunch and then what?
Female Voice 1: Beds.
Interviewee: Beds, and then what? Another circle?
I'm gonna put this by the door.
We have a lot of visual cues in the classroom. We use sign language.
Buenos dias. Como estas? Muy bien y gracias. Muy bien y gracias. Y usted?
We have a daily schedule of pictures that shows first there's lunch, then we go take a nap and kids kind of have a cue to look at, “Oh.”
Male Voice 1: We're doin' this right now. Afterwards, we're gonna do that.
Interviewee: They don't have to just remember or understand it through speaking. I use visuals a lot with stories.
He's excited. Hold up your excited one. He's really excited. He's gonna get that goldfish.
Female Voice 2: Yeah.
Male Voice 2: Me, too.
Interviewee: Do you think that's a good idea? What do you think mommy feels like?
Male Voice 3: Angry.
Interviewee: She's got her hands on her hips. Show me angry. Okay. Let's see what happens. David's mom always—
If a kid isn't an English speaker or they're not verbal, I find visual cues in the classroom really useful.
Luis like happy.
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